Splitdorf Radio Corp.

Splitdorf Radio Corp. A Newark, New Jersey, firm, formed as a division of the Splitdorf Bethlehem Electrical Co. in June 1927. Splitdorf had been licensed by RCA and Westinghouse in April 1927. Thomas Edison acquired Splitdorf Radio in December 1928, as a means of access to the radio industry. He renamed the Splitdorf radio as Edison radio, and sold three models in 1929; two of them were radio-phonograph combinations that played Diamond Discs or lateral-cut discs.